When Trust and Distrust Come Into Play: How Green Concern, Scepticism and Communication Affect Customers' Behaviour?

Business Strategy and the Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2025

ABSTRACT What happens when already sceptical customers start questioning company communication? Encouraged by the vague answers to this question, our study extends existing knowledge about effects of customers' environmental concern, scepticism and communication on green purchasing intention (GPI) behaviour (GPB) across environmentally controversial industries—namely, textile clothing food industries. Using own primary data collected in November 2023 covering 1001 Czech Republic, where issue sustainability is generally back burner, we show that increased concern can completely change relationship between GPI, thereby leading positive effects. interesting new finding trust distrust act as significant mediators relationships investigated thus far. Moreover, soon examine companies' practices their credibility more detail, previously GPI become negative.

Язык: Английский

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Why do people purchase plant-based meat products from retail stores? Examining consumer preferences, motivations and drivers

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 81, С. 103939 - 103939

Опубликована: Июнь 16, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Guest editorial: Underrepresented populations in sensory and consumer science

Food Quality and Preference, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 105455 - 105455

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Shades and shifts in flexitarian and meat-oriented consumer profiles in a German panel study

Appetite, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 197, С. 107298 - 107298

Опубликована: Март 11, 2024

Consumers' growing awareness of the adverse effects high meat consumption has led to increased attention flexitarian or meat-reduced diets. However, most flexitarians do not significantly reduce their and still eat many meat-based meals. This study aims classify large heterogeneous consumer group into different profiles based on attitudinal, normative, control beliefs about reduction. Being aware that can change over time, this explores dynamics identified using a two-wave panel survey 430 German consumers. Latent profile analysis revealed distinct meat-oriented profiles, including three stable one non-stable across both waves. The findings indicate differ in belief structure reduction consumers switch back forth other time. Practitioners should be changes when developing interventions. Further research is needed understand reasons behind these shifts.

Язык: Английский

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Adaptability of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. to Climate Changes in Multifunctional Landscape

Atmosphere, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(3), С. 335 - 335

Опубликована: Март 8, 2024

Urban trees play a vital role in mitigating climate changes, maintaining the sustainability of ecosystems. This study focuses on assessment resilience cherry plums to fruit-bearing species that offers diverse ecosystem services within multifunctional urban and suburban landscapes. examines flowering fruiting context characteristics, expressed through Day Year (DOY), Growing Degree Days (GDDs), yield over 17 consecutive years. The results indicate significant shifts DOY but not GDD, apart from end flowering. onset was earlier postponed, extending phenophase by an average 4 days. plum’s unaffected including extreme events like late-spring frost. stability plum confirmed phenological patterns bullace (cherry blackthorn hybrid) exhibiting repeated warmest year 2023. is adaptive species, with high adaptability changing resistance frosts; thus, it favorable choice design planning, demonstrating thriving polluted environments. It especially appreciated for multiple services: biodiversity conservation natural semi-natural areas, yielding good provisions challenging environments, preservation ornamental values extended phenophase.

Язык: Английский

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Understanding tourists' adoption of edible food packaging: the role of environmental awareness

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 14, 2025

Purpose Edible food packaging provides a solution to the solid waste problem caused by traditional packaging. However, tourists’ readiness adopt this novel technology is unclear. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted examine how motivated consumer innovativeness (CI), environmental awareness, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms and attitudes influence tourists' purchase behaviors in context of edible tourism industry. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS 3.2.8. Findings results analysis indicate that each sub-factor positively influences attitudes. Additionally, attitudes, norms, control personal found significantly impact intentions. Environmental awareness moderate relationships between (1) intention, (2) intention (3) attitude intention. These findings expand applicability diffusion innovation, planned behavior theories, offering useful insights for foodservice professionals. Research limitations/implications This study emphasizes key implications industries, as consumers an innovative higher are more likely Identifying these factors will help stakeholders establish effective strategies reduction through solutions. Originality/value research uniquely investigates adoption integrating theories innovation diffusion, awareness. It offers into various psychological social within

Язык: Английский

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Are we ready for climate-friendly food choices? – the cross-country study of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Italy

Food and Humanity, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100515 - 100515

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Does participation in CSA affect consciousness and sustainable behavior of consumers? The evidence from a longitudinal study

Food Quality and Preference, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 105467 - 105467

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Sustainable Consumption in Context: A Cross-Cultural Study of Social Representations

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(4), С. 1531 - 1531

Опубликована: Фев. 12, 2025

This study explores how consumers in developed and developing countries perceive sustainable food consumption these perceptions are shaped by local contexts. Using the theory of social representations, which frames sustainability as a system values, ideas, practices, we conducted mixed-methods analysis data from online focus groups ten countries. The results reveal significant differences between frontrunners Consumers on immanent linking to concrete practices such recycling, buying organic products, brand awareness. In contrast, adopt more transcendent views, emphasizing moral responsibility, tradition, collective well-being, often expecting government regulation drive change. Barriers high cost, lack knowledge, skepticism reflect underlying socio-economic inequalities, particularly highlights global norms interact with realities, revealing mismatches that limit effectiveness universal approaches. These findings underscore need for context-sensitive policies strategies address barriers while remaining consistent goals. More broadly, this research underscores necessity culturally tailored approaches promote equitable inclusive socio-ecological transformations.

Язык: Английский

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The social dynamics of animal product consumption and dietary identity in friendship networks of university students

Food Quality and Preference, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 105475 - 105475

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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